%% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ```js const fs = require("fs"); const { Table } = customJS; const page = dv.page(file.path); let image = Table.getImage(page.image, fs); ` ${image} ${page.description} `; ``` %% ![[_attachments_/Races/EsperVedalken.jpg|EsperVedalken.jpg]] Vedalken make up a large majority of Esper's sentient population. Vedalken are intelligent, progressive humanoids with a skin tone that varies from a bluish-white-gray to a dusky, deep blue. They have only the slightest indication of an outer ear, with no lobe or 'rim' — just a hole that leads to the eardrum. They have nostrils but only a slight nose bridge. They have only fine body hair that's uniformly clear and light. Esper's vedalken are refined, sophisticated, and lawful, and have led Esper both in magical advancement and in the use of etherium. The vedalken, like all creatures in Esper, are enhanced by a filigree of the mystical living metal etherium. Whereas humans tend to have relatively minor and simple etherium enhancements, vedalken make more dramatic use of the alloy. It's not uncommon for vedalken necks or abdomens to be partially replaced with etherium, for example. In such instances, powerful enchantments stand in for traditional biological functions. %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%